India, April 18 -- What would happen to all those romantic movies of 80s and 90s if they were made in this era- Boomers and Millennials often wonder. 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' or 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun' or 'Dil Chahta Hai' or any movie where confusion plays the proverbial antagonist. Half of those plots would be solved with a social media click or a simple video call or a photo tagged by a friend. And half of the conflicts would not even arise in the first place.

But then villains never die, they only change their sinister laugh. Gen Z is not spared just because technology has made communication nanosecond-fast and information ready on their thumbs. In fact, they have more plot-points now to challenge their fate. Debates over nepo-kids and rema...